On Brauer Groups of Double Covers of Ruled Surfaces

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  • BRENDAN CREUTZ
  • BIANCA VIRAY
چکیده

Let X be a smooth double cover of a geometrically ruled surface defined over a separably closed field of characteristic different from 2. The main result of this paper is a finite presentation of the 2-torsion in the Brauer group of X with generators given by central simple algebras over the function field of X and relations coming from the NéronSeveri group of X. In particular, the result gives a central simple algebra representative for the unique nontrivial Brauer class on any Enriques surface. An example demonstrating the applications to the study of rational points is given.

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تاریخ انتشار 2014